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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 85f51e5a749..6177d881983 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -149,7 +149,19 @@ NUMA numa=noacpi Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup - numa=fake=X Fake X nodes and ignore NUMA setup of the actual machine. + numa=fake=CMDLINE + If a number, fakes CMDLINE nodes and ignores NUMA setup of the + actual machine. Otherwise, system memory is configured + depending on the sizes and coefficients listed. For example: + numa=fake=2*512,1024,4*256,*128 + gives two 512M nodes, a 1024M node, four 256M nodes, and the + rest split into 128M chunks. If the last character of CMDLINE + is a *, the remaining memory is divided up equally among its + coefficient: + numa=fake=2*512,2* + gives two 512M nodes and the rest split into two nodes. + Otherwise, the remaining system RAM is allocated to an + additional node. numa=hotadd=percent Only allow hotadd memory to preallocate page structures upto |